where is your hope?

Opening Prayer: “O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.” (Ps. 131:3)

Scripture: Psalm 131:1-3

Journal: Where is your hope?  What would it look like to put your hope in the Lord?  How do you know whether or not you are putting your hope in the Lord?

Reflection: “O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.” (Ps. 131:3) Where is your hope?  Who, or what, do you really put your hope in?  If you look at your life, it will give you a pretty good idea of the answer to that question.  Your actions will always show you where your hope really lies. 

Waiting for the Lord is one surefire way to tell.  Waiting for the Lord shows us where our hope really lies.  If we are willing and able to wait for the Lord, it shows that our hope is really in him, and if we are always charging ahead, it shows that our hope is really in ourselves. 

Pray

Closing Prayer: We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.  In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. (Psalm 33:20-21)